SOC Lead

Job type:Permanent
Town/City:Bavaria
Region:Bayern
Sector:Cyber Security
Client Company Type:In-House
Job ref:8974
Post Date:April 2, 2026

About the Role

Director SOC

Our client is a large international organisation seeking a senior leader for the newly created role of Director Security Operations. This is a central function responsible for overseeing and managing security vulnerabilities across the organisation's security landscape.

You will be accountable for effective monitoring, detection and management of vulnerabilities across Cyber and Product Security, ensuring clear, organisation-wide visibility of threats and weaknesses to enable the relevant teams to act. The focus of this role is transparency, prioritisation and consistent follow-through — direct remediation and incident response are outside its scope.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive the development of organisation-wide security monitoring and detection capabilities
  • Lead the enterprise vulnerability management framework, ensuring systematic identification, prioritisation and tracking of vulnerabilities across IT, cloud and product environments
  • Build and operate a new Product Security Testing Centre, establishing scalable services for vulnerability analysis and penetration testing
  • Provide decision-relevant situational reporting for IT operational security, product security, system owners and senior leadership including the CISO
  • Act as the escalation point for systemic or uncontrolled vulnerabilities, ensuring transparency and clear accountability

Your Profile:

  • Proven experience leading functions in security monitoring, threat detection or vulnerability management
  • Strong working knowledge of SIEM, vulnerability scanning and enterprise-scale testing platforms
  • Experience independently leading an organisation-wide vulnerability management programme with the ability to prioritise on a risk basis
  • Familiarity with product security testing, including penetration testing or fuzzing
  • Track record of building scalable, repeatable operational processes with a focus on signal quality over tool proliferation

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